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4'.lO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCER:

ELIJAHIHORTON, or. oKn'E, WISCONSIN.'

I Letters Patent No. 74,363, dated February v11, 1868.

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tite .ttetult :stemt tu it ttm Eaters tant mit mating part tf gaat@ Be it known that I, ELIJAH HORTON, of Okee, in the county of Columbia.,r and Staterof Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wagon-Springs; anclI do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description-thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference 'being hndto the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved method of applying springs to wagons, wherebythe ordinaryV lumber-wagon is rendered suitable for the transportation oi'V many articles to which it is not adapted as it is ordinarily used; and the invention consists in arranging stirrups to the bolsters, which are made Ato support rubber springs, as will be hereinafter described. Figure 1 is a longitudinal side view of au axle and bolster, with springs attached, after my plan.

Figure 2 is a cross-section of g. 1, through\the line :v w, showing the stirrup and themethod "of securingthe springs.

Similar letters oi reference indicate corresponding parts.

Arepresents the axle of the Iwagon. B is the bolster. C represents the stirrup' on the bolster. D represents the rubber spring. E represent bars or cross-pieces, which are Asupported by the springs, and which, in turn, support the bottom of the wagon-box. These cross-pieces E are connected together by ties, markeda in the drawing, .an-d they are secured to the rubber springs by metallic cups, marked b, which set over the upper endof the spring, as seen in fig. 2. The stirrup C is formed something like a yoke, as seen in iig. 2,`an dit sets over the bolster, Aso as to form suitable seats for the springs, without in any manner impairing the strength of the bolster. F represents the wagon-stakes. The ties a, which cement the cross-bars E, are notched onto tbe stakes, so that the bars or cross-pieces and the tops of the springs are kept in position by the stakes, through which the stop-pins, fpass. 4By removing one of these pins f, the cross-pieces, springs, and stirrups eanbe, 4at any time, removed from the wagon. The springs D are simply 4rubber blocks, formed for the purpose, which are secured in their places by the flanges which surround their ends, and by the tongues or spikes e, which penetrate them, as seen in the drawing.

It will be seen that this improvement can readily be applied to lumber-wagons'now in use without altering or disturbing any of the parts, thus making them spring-wagons, when it may be desired to have .them so.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as`new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The stirrup C, constructed and applied substantially 'as shown and described, for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the stirrup C, the rubber spring D, the cross-bars E, the tiers a, and the cups b, arranged substantially as shown and described, for the purposes specified.

ELIJAH HORTON.

Witnesses:

Ass D.' WoonMAN, H. M. AYER. 

